cabman
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One of the two getaway drivers was the cabman James Fitzharris, known as Skin-the-Goat, whom readers of “Ulysses” will recognize.
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2021
Anton Chekhov wrote an entire short story called Toska about a cabman who recently lost his son and searches for someone to talk to about his grief.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 27, 2018
On the morning of the race the cabman told Mr. Hader that he had dreamed Commander III came in second.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Hader told the cabman all about his ticket on Commander III.
From Time Magazine Archive
We got into the cab, and the cabman put the bags up on the seat beside him and climbed up and cracked his whip, and we drove over the dark bridge and into the town.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
In the 19th century, Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote: “The one thing the English value is pluck. The cabmen have it; the merchants have it; the journals have it.”
From The Guardian ● Jul. 24, 2017
These tourists, the story goes, inundated the city with complaints about the ineptitude of its cabmen, prompting authorities to institute a more demanding licensing process.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2014
For cabmen, already handicapped by an increase in cab insurance, found themselves faced with the additional hazard of a gasoline tax.
From Time Magazine Archive
It also aspires to be a "friendly, happy" paper, and for a time gave cabmen the syndicated gladness of the late Dr. Frank Crane.
From Time Magazine Archive
I stayed at the coffee-stall for a little while talking with the cabmen and the others who were about it, and drinking my coffee.
From The Truants by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
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